Tailor&#39;s and laundry ironing-table.



J. 0. OSTERN. TAILORS AND LAUNDRY IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14, 1912.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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JosErH CHARLES OSTERN, or SAN rRANoIso'o, CALIFORNIA.

TAILORS AND LAUNDRY IRONING'TABLE.

Specification of Letters'Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Applicationfilcd August 14, 1912. Serial No. 715,025.

' To all whom it may concern gas Be it known that I, Josnrrr CHARLES Os- TERN, a citizen'of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have'invented neyr and useful Improvements in Tailors and Laundry Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ironing tables.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved ironing table, particularly designed for laundry and tailors use; the device being constructed substantially, and includes peculiar stiffening and bracing elements tending to obtain the desired rigidity and strength to-stand the strains to which the apparatus is subjected.

A further object of the invention is to design and provide an ironing-board involv-- ing details of construction designed for the purpose of enabling the better ironing and pressing of wearing apparel, or other articles, and to support the same while being pressed to prevent disfiguring, wrinkling and'creasing of the article.

The invention consists of an ironingboard, and details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspect ve view partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the adjustable pedestal.

In laundry and tailor establishments where great varieties of articles are to be ironed, cleaned, or pressed, it is desirable to have an apparatus capable of various adjustments, whereby the ready manipulation of the articles to be pressed may be had; the structure being capable of bracing to stand the strains and designed to most effectually accomplish the desired condition. In accomplishing these purposes I employ a suitably shaped and proportioned table, such as 1 2, upon which may be secured, at a suitable height above the table 2, a proportionately shaped and proportioned ironing-board 3 connected by a transverse bearing 4, which is secured to the table 2. The ironing-board 3 projects well to one side of the bearing 4: above the table 2, and is stiffened somewhat by a diagonal brace 5 which is abutted against the bearing 1 and the contiguous portion of the table 2; the outer end of the brace 5 being secured to the lower surface of the ironing-board 3, adjacent its central portion. The diagonal brace beneath the ironing board 3 permits the adjustment beneath the board 3 of a portion of a garment, or other article, while another portion is being rested upon and pressed on the upper surface of theboard 3. The brace 5is designed, not only forthe purpose of allowing clearance substantially the full length beneath the board 3, but also to support the board against too great downward fiexure; but when certain articles, as coats of heavy .material are being pressed, then the great pressure applied by the iron to press the material would, unless resisted by additional means to the brace 5, bend the board 3 too much, so one of the features of my invention is to provide a drop leg 6, which is hingedly or otherwise connected, as at 7, to the lower surface of the board 3, and which may be dropped to the position indicated in Fig. 1, when it is desired to further support the board 3 in addition to the brace 5. When the drop leg 6 is not in use it is swung upwardly beneath the board 3 and engaged by a snap hook 8 thereon, thus again leaving clearance space beneath the board 3 for the insertion of portions of articles being pressed.

In diflerent establishments where the apparatus may be used, the table 2 may be supported directly upon a shelf, bench, table, orother structure; or if desired, the table may be supported upon an adjustable pedestal, comprising foldable legs 9 which extend upwardly above their pivotal transverse brace 10, the outer upper ends of the legs 9 being designed to over-lap the long edges of the table 2, which I have shown as bound by a wearing and reinforcing bar 11, preferably of metal.

V The elevation of the table 2 may be adjusted by means of a thumb nut 15 and screw 12, or other appropriate means, which extends between transverse rocking braces 13 which are pivotally connected to the upper ends of the legs 9, and upon which the table 2 is deposited. The support braces 13 are turnably mounted on their pivots 14 of the legs 9, so that the upper fiat surfaces of the braces 13 can be maintained in a common horizontal plane when the screw 12 is adj usted to raise or lower the upper ends of the legs 9; the braces 13 being drawn toward or allowed to spread from each other on the screw 12, by the turning of the wing nut 15 on the screw 12, which determines the distance between the parallel braces 13.

Another important feature of my inventi on is the provision of an adjustable flexible device in combination with the apparatus, which is adapted to support such over-hanging portion of a garment which is being pressed upon the board 3. For instance, when an evening or other full length dress is being manipulated, while the skirt of the dress is being pressed upon the board 3, the waist and neck would, if not appropriately supported, dangle loosely over the outer end of the board 3, and thus become wrinkled and. creased after being pressed, and to prevent this I provide a supporting device consisting of a standard 16, having a clamp or other appropriate means 17 for attachment upon a slide bar 18, which is adjustablein' a suitable bearing 19 at one side of the table '2. From the upper, over-hanging end of the upright 16 depends a flexible cord, chain, or 7 some equivalent 19, to which may be hooked, laced, or properly connected that 7 portion of the garment whichprojects beyond the outer end of the ironing-board 3. The purpose ofthe flexible suspending cord or chain 19 is to permit, in addition to supporting the over-hanging portion of the gar- "ment, the gradual turning of the garment while it is being pressed on the board 8. The turning of the garment twists the cord 19 automatically. Preferably the table 2 is of somewhat greater length than the board 8, thus afi'ording an area 20 upon which may be rested an iron-or irons, thus leaving the upper surface of the ironing-board 3 entirely clear from obstruction. The rigidity of the main ironing-board may be increased by connecting the same to the diagonal brace by means of a through-bolt 24, and an oblique brace 25.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patlongitudinally adjustable along and over:

hanging the plane of the table for holding attached portions of articles in the process of ironing on the board. 7

3. A tailors and laundry ironing board comprising a table member, an ironingboard spaced above and attachedto the table, and an upwardly extending standard longitudinally adjustable along ,the table and having a flexiblegarment supporter overhanging the plane of the board and to which a garment being ironed may be attached and supported about in the plane of V the ironing board, whereby that part of garment is prevented from engagement. with adjacent surfaces and from creasing.

l. An ironing table comprising a table part and an ironing board above and supported thereon, a slide longitudinally adjustable on the table, a standard attached to said slide having a flexible connection whereby pieces being pressed are. supported about in the plane of the board when secured to said connection. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

JOSEPH CHARLES OSTERN.

Witnesses: V V

WALTER B IMEns, GENEVIEVE S. DONELIN.

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Washington, D. G. e v 7 

